#CODED-ish News:::Applicant from hell!!! Read what he did to another man's wife

4:14 PM

Officers of the Abuja Police Command on Thursday, May 15, arraigned a 38-year-old applicant, Augustine Tochukwu, before an FCT High Court for allegedly abducting and raping a house-wife.

The accused, who hails from Umudioka Awka, Anambra State, is standing a four-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnap and rape before Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf.

Corporal John Ijagbemi, the prosecutor, told the court that Tochukwu kidnapped the woman on January 18, 2013, and later phoned her husband, Nzota Chidi, asking him for 40 million naira as ransom to secure the release of his wife or lose her forever.

The prosecutor said when the victim was in the accused custody, he raped her.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Justice Baba-Yusuf, in his ruling granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two reliable sureties in like sum.

He directed the sureties to provide title deeds of landed property within the FCT, adding that if the accused fails to meet the bail conditions, he would be remanded to Kuje Medium Security Prison.

The judge then adjourned the case to October 13, for trial to commence.